Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22
यत्किंचित्साध्यते लोके मूलं तस्य च कामना । कथं कामं विनिंदति तस्मात्ते मोक्षसाधकाः
yatkiṃcitsādhyate loke mūlaṃ tasya ca kāmanā | kathaṃ kāmaṃ viniṃdati tasmātte mokṣasādhakāḥ
ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಏನಾದರೂ ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಗುವುದಾದರೆ ಅದರ ಮೂಲವೇ ಕಾಮನೆ. ಹಾಗಿದ್ದರೆ ಕಾಮವನ್ನು ಹೇಗೆ ನಿಂದಿಸಬಹುದು? ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಮೋಕ್ಷಸಾಧಕರೂ (ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ) ಅದನ್ನೇ ಆಶ್ರಯಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ।
Indra
Scene: A symbolic ‘tree of action’ whose root is labeled kāmanā; branches bear fruits labeled dharma, artha, kāma, mokṣa; a yogin waters only the mokṣa branch, showing sublimation.
FAQs
Desire is the driving intention behind action; spiritual life refines desire rather than merely denying it.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse; the focus is ethical-philosophical discourse.
None; it frames a principle about motivation and attainment.